Enjoy a leisurely loop as you hike (2 miles) up Mitchell Canyon to Black Point Trail. Excite your eyes with vivid colors of wildflowers as you gradually climb to vista points within the state park. This route follows Mitchell Creek, … Read more

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Enjoy a leisurely loop as you hike (2 miles) up Mitchell Canyon to Black Point Trail. Excite your eyes with vivid colors of wildflowers as you gradually climb to vista points within the state park. This route follows Mitchell Creek, … Read more
Filoli is a vibrant landscape of the Bay Area situated on the unceded ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone. Today, this estate serves as a community cultural center and announces its full program of holiday festivities for the 2022 season. … Read more
As much as we shower our houseplants with affection, sometimes they seem to need more. Filling your home with beautiful, healthy plants and keeping them that way is not difficult once you know their love language. Join UC Master Gardener … Read more
Please join the Ruth Bancroft Garden and Nursery in celebrating its 50th anniversary as a Garden. This unique botanical garden, in the heart of Walnut Creek, contains a unique collection of dry garden plants and hosts various educational and cultural … Read more
Shop during the Fall Native Plant Extravaganza and purchase native plants from the knowledgeable and helpful staff at East Bay Wilds in Oakland and the Watershed Nursery in Richmond on Saturday, October 29, or order online with Green Thumb Works on either Saturday or Sunday, October 29 … Read more
In this make-and-take workshop, local gardener and Laguna Foundation volunteer Jan Lochner will share the simplicity and beauty of the art of pressing flowers. Jan will demonstrate techniques she uses to press and use flowers. We will make various useful … Read more
We’ll try to make it to the top for lunch, but that will depend on how many flowers, birds, butterflies, and other discoveries catch our eye along the way. We’ll ascend through a series of cool forests to the top … Read more
This short trail is a lovely place to spend a summer morning. We’ll follow the paved, level pathway as it passes through shaded woodlands and open meadows while we keep an eye out for birds, butterflies, and flowers, and of … Read more
In 1963, American biologist Rachel Carson wrote, “Man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” The declining population of pollinators is sad for those of us who have grown up observing … Read more
Experience spring in bloom on a guided habitat tour showcasing Mount Sutro’s native plant communities! We’ll walk about one to two miles on the trails and stop to appreciate and identify wildflowers along the way. Space is limited to 15 … Read more